Findlater's flip-flop

Doug Findlater has had a solid political career on the Westside.

• Chair of the Westside Governance Committee.
• Councilor on the first council of the new municipality.
• Ten years as mayor of West Kelowna.

Then, Findlater decided he was not going to stand for re-election to the position of mayor because he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Applause for a well-planned political life and a genteel departure from the public arena.

Then, the bombshell!

Findlater changes the goalposts. He announces he will stand for a seat as a councillor. What a warped legacy that could end up being! What happened to “spending more time with the family?”

I feel this is a totally unethical path for Findlater to tread.

How many company bosses retire and then interview for a lower position in the same company?

If Findlater does win a seat on council, it will be a difficult position for the new mayor to be in. How would they establish a stable, functioning council while having the ex-mayor constantly looking over their shoulder?

There are plenty of other candidates on the ballot for us to choose from. So, if Findlater truly has the best interests of West Kelowna at heart, he would withdraw himself from the election and take his well-deserved seat as retired elder statesman.

Heather Yeats